Acute Liver Failure in a Patient Treated With Metamizole

Acute Liver Failure in a Patient Treated With Metamizole

We report on a patient who developed acute liver failure while being treated with metamizole. After liver transplantation, the patient recovered rapidly. Liver biopsy showed massive necrosis and lobular infiltration of lymphocytes. A lymphocyte transformation test performed 20 months after transplan...

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Main Authors: Philipp Krisai, Deborah Rudin, David Grünig, Kathrin Scherer, Werner Pichler, Luigi Terracciano, Stephan Krähenbühl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
metamizole
N-methyl-4-aminoantipyrine (MAA)
4-aminoantipyrine (AA)
liver failure
lymphocyte transformation test (LTT)
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2019.00996/full

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